POMONA >> Two gang members convicted in a September car-to-car drive-by shooting that left one victim paralyzed from the chest down, were sentenced to long prison terms Tuesday.

Jarad Jacob Nava, 18, was sentenced to 162 years to life in state prison for his role in the shooting, while his co-defendant, Alex Javier Sandoval, 22, was given a 30-year prison sentence, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

On Sept. 29, 2012, four girls were in their car near Glen and West Orange Grove avenues when Nava and Sandoval pulled up in a white pickup truck, police said.

Just before the shooting began, Nava yelled at the girls, “You’re going to die,” police said.

Then bullets began to fly, piercing the car the girls were in.

Two of the girls escaped injury. One of the girls was shot in the thigh and another girl was shot in the abdomen and is now paralyzed from the chest down, authorities said.

At trial, prosecutors argued Nava and Sandoval targeted the girls because they were either sisters or girlfriends of rival gang members.

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